2.2 Prep Starts Now

[dspguy]

People forget that you can get an HQ result at 1% as well as at 99%. Maybe there will be no crafting gear additions. Maybe 3-star recipes simply won't be 100% HQ-able. If anything, it will make the value of an HQ worth something.

[enasccis]

my prediction...

1. 3 star crafting would require the next numbers of control and craftmanship of 371 control, and 429 craftsmanship. there will be new sets of "AF2" crafting gears to be crafted and earned through new crafting class quest. ilvl would be 65 in addition to upgrading our tools from 55 to 65 with certain tomes or crafting upgrades along with the luminaries being upgradeable.

2. new crafting battle gears would be ilvl 80, making ct gears the new darklight. they will have the same stat as ct gears but with melding additions of course.

3. tier V materias will be introduced. 10% chance of getting would be from 2 star gears. so to prep for 2.2, i would recommend sb 2 star gears in ct or turn 0.5 or 3 in coil ahead of time and save them to convert when 2.2 starts. tier IV materia will be the new tier III in terms of value and tier V will cost around the 200-300k range.

4. new tomes are coming from amdapor township dungeon so these tomes are the one that we will need to buy 3 star crafting mats. there will be a weekly lock out of 1000 of these tomes per week.

5. a far fetched one, a new relic (legendary) weapon quest will be introduced. this ilvl 100 weapon will be difficult and time consuming as the first relic quest in 1.0. the requirements will be like melding the pre-relic2 with 5 tier 5 materias, beat every extremes, coil 1-5 (nerfed), complete all beastmen dailies up to a certain level.... etc. etc..

yeah, just a thought

[dspguy]

If they made the luminaries the "key" item needed to do 3-star recipes, the economy would explode with crafters buying up goods to craft...

/ponders

[Buckles]

And become flooded with ingots, lumber and cloth at the same time